Tuesday, September 21, 2010

I found these two wonderful military pictures on stones at Blue Springs Cemetery in Gideon, OK.

Grady W. Corn

Oklahoma

PVT 69 Regt.

Coast Art. Corps

July 20, 1894

March 28, 1922

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To him we trust a place

is given among the sain

ts with Christ in heaven

Wiley A. Taylor

December 24 1892 - October 6 1918

Motor Co No 14

Greenleaf Geor

I discovered this lawsuit that was filed by the father of Grady W. Corn seeking his military insurance benefits in the sum of $10,000 after his sons death. His father claims that his son contracted tuberculosis while in the army which rendered him totally and permanently disabled at date of his discharge. Which also led to the cause of his sons death. The case was dismissed.

7 comments:

Great pictures. I know the Blue Springs Cemetary well. Grady was my uncle. Wiley was engaged to my Aunt Della when he sailed for France. Wiley died aboard ship just prior to reaching France. Grady did not live long after returning home.

I do hope you visited the original Blue Springs Cemetary located just across Fourteen Mle Creek and took a picture of the grave site Sequoia Houston, a prominent Cherokee.

"The father" you mentioned was L.P. (Leander Pinkney) Corn from an old Georgia family-strong French connection. Both Grady's parents had French origins (quite a story here) with some Cherokee/Choctaw blood-which they renounced. They moved to Oklahoma,I.T. after the Civil war. The other side of my family is French/Cherokee. I am a member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahooma by blood quantim. My family is a famnily of warriors from pre-history through the present conflicts.O. Garroutte

Grady Corn is my great uncle. This is the only picture I recall ever seeing of him. I am taking my mother to Blue Springs later this month. I look forward to seeing this in person. Thank you for the beautiful photograph.Marlin GarrettJenks, OK